Male or female?

[Frandavnz]

Hi everyone this is my 8 week old faverolle x plymouth barred rock (not autosexed as mum was the faverolles)

He/she is gorgeous bird very confident and friendly but I still can't figure out the sex.

Any ideas

Thanks x

 

[Cheekychook11]

Looks like a rooster to me sorry, big comb and wattles

 

[Velociraptors]

I would definitely say a young cockerel.

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

cockerel

 

[sybonbon]

Hi everyone this is my 8 week old faverolle x plymouth barred rock (not autosexed as mum was the faverolles)

He/she is gorgeous bird very confident and friendly but I still can't figure out the sex.

Any ideas

Thanks x

It is not the size of the comb but the color of the comb that will helpnyou guess. A male will usually have a very bright red comb at 8 weeks. I don't see a male comb in the photos, yet.

 

[WingItRanch]

At 8 weeks old, this is a male.

 

[Squawkers]

Male

 

[Sparrows]

I would say cockerel, he is a handsome boy!

 

[Liberty-Chicken]

You can see by the comb and wattles, but it is also sex-linked so you can tell by the color that it is a male. Males will hatch barred and females will have solid coloring.

 

[sybonbon]

You can see by the comb and wattles, but it is also sex-linked so you can tell by the color that it is a male. Males will hatch barred and females will have solid coloring.

The female would need to be barred for this to happen. She said the female was a favorelle. In this case all would be barred.